HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 1U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2620 v3 2.4GHz 16GB DDR4 2× 1TB SAS

Dense 1U rack server for space-constrained workloads

The HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 fits two Xeon E5-2620 v3 processors and 16GB of DDR4 into a single rack unit. It targets buyers who need compute density without a full-height chassis. The Smart HBA H240ar controller manages the two installed 1TB SAS drives.

Upgrade from single-socket or smaller-memory systems

Adding the second processor doubles core count to twelve physical cores with twenty-four threads. The jump is worth it when workloads scale across threads and the 16GB starting memory can be expanded toward the 3TB maximum using the twenty-four DIMM slots. Builders who need more storage bays than the four LFF slots provide should look elsewhere.

Practical limits of the SAS interface

The H240ar controller operates at 12Gb SAS and 6Gb SATA with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Memory speed is capped by the processor capability at 2400MT/s for registered ECC DDR4 modules. The 1U height restricts expansion cards to low-profile form factors.